MUSIC REVIEWS

In order to properly define rock music, you must be able to understand and subsequently appreciate sonic physicality. One of the greatest songwriters of the last 25 years said that rock n’ roll isn’t about safety, and although some would argue that the statement doesn’t apply to modern rock music, …

URL: https://www.officialtrevordrury.com/about/ Multitalented singer and performer Trevor Drury has proven himself to be an exquisitely adept vocalist and songwriter in his critically acclaimed original solo material, and this Christmas he takes on arguably the hardest subgenre in all of pop – holiday music. Covering the undebatable seasonal standard “Blue Christmas,” …

A whispering crackle seeps through the darkness and slowly triggers a threatening sonic explosion in the first few seconds of Lana Blac’s “Suck You In,” the latest single from her new album Nocturnal. A pulsating drum beat nudges us into the flames being ignited by Blac’s vocal, and before we have …

Fusing elements of soul-heavy funk, free jazz, blues, virtuosic hard rock and indulgent ambient music, musical collective Freightrain deliver a watershed release in their new album Outside Ourselves. Comprised of nine sonic treasures that challenge traditional pop framework with every striking note, Outside Ourselves is quite difficult to categorize using …

by Mark Druery INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thedanbees This hasn’t been the best or most intriguing year for rock bands on the indie or established level, but New York’s The Danbees have never been one to follow a trend. In their new EP The Veggie Tapes, the Empire State four piece comes undone beneath …

“Tree Of Life (Dedicated To The Victims)” is a song recorded in honor of the eleven victims of the tragedy that took place on Oct. 27, 2018 when a gunman shot and killed  members of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. It’s also dedicated to the twelve college age …

Paul Jacks wasn’t content to simply recycle the cosmetics and engineering of the underground sensation Smile Ease, with whom he has served as the frontman for the last eleven years, in his new solo album Defractor. Inside of eight boldly appointed songs that tie into each other both sonically and lyrically, …

URL: https://madelyn-victoria.com/ They say that everything’s bigger in Texas, and in The Lone Star State’s native daughter (and ascending country star) Madelyn Victoria’s new single “Right Here With You,” as much could be said about her enormous melodies, which come to us in rousing full color stereo sound. Victoria has …

Stephen Winston’s Unresolved features nine songs that, unfortunately for Winston, required a great deal of personal trial to produce. The story behind Unresolved is well worth looking into if you love the album as much as I do, but the songs are what we are here for. The fifth album …

The piano balladry of “Love Is,” the first track in Rebecca Blasband’s all new album Here, delicately drifts through the atmosphere of an airy production as it were as light as a feather. Blasband’s voice is the heaviest component of the entire song, and it actually weighs down the effervescent grooves …